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Official Taper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliaaca
VOLUME XXVIIL
(Eight Pages)
LLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEURASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1921. CalrtM'
No,7
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BREAKING UP
GANG OF BOX
' CAR THIEVES
3IALF A DOZEN COLORED MEN
AWAITING TRIAL.
Three Men Charged With Receiving
Stolen Goods Special Train
to Catch Fugitive.
Special Agent W. S. Short of the
"Burlington, working with Sheriff J. W.
Miller, Deputy Sheriff Miskimen, Chief
ot Police C. W. Jeffers ami Officer
.Eugene Stilwell have been busy the
past four or five days in rounding up
what is believed to be an organized
gang of box car thieves in Alliance.
Half a dozen colored men are being
Jheld in the city and county jail, and
one corner of the sheritt s otttce looks
like a scene from a department store,
being piled high with loot that has,
leen recovered.
The first arrests were made last
Friday, when at 9:30 a. m. two young
anen notified Sheriff Miller that two
colored men were trying to sell auto
mobile tires at their home, on the
north line of Alliance. These two
colored men were arrested and gave
the names of Joe Myers and Ernest
liyman, from St. Louis and Kansas
City. They made a partial confession,
and led Deputy Miskimen and Chief
Jeffers to a cache a mile and' a half
ast of the city, where there was con
cealed a quantity of merchandise rifled
from a car in freight train No. 10!.
A dozen granite wash basins and other
stuff was recovered.
During Friday night, the pool hall
on lower Box Butte avenu operated
ly Christ Vallas, was raided by
Officers Short, Stilwell and Jeffers. A
sack of sugar and other groceries were
recovered. Lester Smith was taken
into custody with the proprietor.
.Friday afternoon the home of James
Johnson, colored, was raided by the
officers, and four undershirts were re
covered, as well as a raincoat and a
suitcase. Johnson was arrested Satur
day morning, and so was Aaron Col
lins, colored, dishwasher at the Alli
ance hotel.
Special to Chase Fugitive.
The first two men gave a description
oc a tmra man wno nau been witn
them, and thia man, whose name was
later discovered to be Ed Lynn, made
liis getaway at the time the officers
caught the first two. Saturday noon
word was received by the officers that
X.ynn had been seen near Lakeside j
making his way eastward on foot in
an attempt to escape the dragnet. A
special train, consisting of an engine
and way car left Alliance at 12:40,
with the officers on board. The fugi-l
live was found about thirty miles east
r k 1 1 i 1. ii m. I
oi Alliance anu gave in wnen me wain
stopped and he was surrounded. He
was brought back that afternoon and
lodged in jail.
Lynn, Myers and Lyman will prob
ably face a charge of breaking into a
freight car before a federal court.
"The men have not been arraigned as
yet, but it is thought they will be
taken before United States Court
Commissioner L. A. Berry Thursday
and given an opportunity to plead.
Vallas was arraiged Saturday morn
ing on the charge of receiving stolen
property to the value of $17, and wa3
released under bond of $100 to appear
Thursday for trial.
Complaints against Aaron Collins
for receiving stolen property to the
-value of $12, and James Johnson, for
receiving stolen property valued at
23, have been filed, but time for hear
ing had not been set thi3 morning.
The other men arrested are being held
at the city jail, and hearing will prob
ably be given them tomorrow or
Thursday.
Box car thefts have been numerous
lately, and the officers are apparently
determined to put a stop to this form
of thieving. The arrests of the past
five days will do much to discourage
the thieves.
Volunteer Firemen to
Move Club Rooms to the
First Floor of City Hall
The cub rooms of the Alliance vol
unteer fire department will in all
probability be removed to the first
floor'of the city hall. For year3 the
firemen have divided the upper story
"with the police judge and the council,
lut last week City Manager Kemmish
rented their rooms to the school board,
-which is exceedingly short of space.
The new club rooms will be some
what smaller than the old quarters,
but they will be more convenient. The
rooms are large enough to accommo
date forty or fifty, it is believed, will
.solve the problems satisfactorily.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday.
Slightly warmer tonight southeast
portion. Cooler Wednesday west and
north portions.
Miss Maude Nason, who has been
visiting in Denver for the past two
veeks, returned Sunday niyht. Her
lister, Miss Cr.ro!, came buck ith her
for a lew wteki visit.
SQUIDGE.
The Rotary Club of Bessemer,
Alabama, has an official in its or
ganization called a Squidge. This
official's business is to absorb and
forget worries for the members.
Any member who has anything on
his mind, tells it to the Squidge,
who promptly forgets it, thus con
signing the worry forever to obli
vion, whither all worries should be
consigned.
Every man, be he Rotarian or
not, should have somewhere in his
cerebellum an official Squidge.
It is related of an octogenarian
that he stated on one occasion, "1
am an old s man, and I have had
many troubles most of which
never happened."
Worries are like ghosts: they
don't appear to people who don't
believe in them. The Rotarian.
Baseball Players Held
Successful Benefit Dance
at Roof Garden Monday
The members of the Alliance base-l
ball team realized about $150 from
their baseball benefit dance, held at
the roof garden Monday evening, and
from Sunday's doubleheader benefit
game. The benefit was arranged by
the players themselves, and not the
baseball association, and the men who
hande the pill. for the entertainment
of Alliance. fans are properly grateful
for the splendid support they received
in these two enterprises, and have
asked this newspaper to express it for
them. .
Two games have oeen arranged for.
Wednesday and and Thursday of next
I week with the Sidney baseball team,
who were here for a couple of days
last month, splitting honors with the
locals.- These games were among the
features of the present season, and the
return games should draw big crowds.
The next game will be with Valen
tine on Thursday, at the local park
in the fair grounds. Valentine comes
to Alliance with a record of a good
string of victories, and may prove a
hard nut for the locals to crack, al
though they only want the opportunity
to do it. Valentine has an all-salaried
team and should put up some stiff op
position. HEREFORDMEN
HELD MEETING
SATURDAY EVE
BOOSTERS OF BREED MAKING A
TOUR OF THE STATE.
Twenty-five Men Arrive in Auto
mobiles Fublic Meeting Held in
the District Court Room.
Twenty-five Hereford breeders and
boosters arrived in Alliance shortly
after noon Saturday and remained
here until Sunday morning, when they
resumed their journey across t he
state. The next scheduled stop was
Scottsbluff, where they will spend
Monday, Governor McKelvie being one
of the speakers at their meeting.
The party was on the sixty day of a
twelve-day tour over Nebraska, includ
ing such cities as Hastings, Grind Is
land, Valentine, Rushville, 'Ji vford,
Chadron. Alliance, Scottsbluff, K!m-
ball, Sidney, Holyoke, Colo., Wray, Mc-
Cook, Holdrege and Mmden.
The boosters started out August 1
from Hastings, and will wind up-at
the same place Friday. During their
trip over the state, they have held
meetings at most of the places at
which stops were made and have in
spected the principal herds of register
ed Herefords along the route.
The object of the trip, of course, was
to interest the western cattle growers
in laying foundations for pure bred
herds, and to encourage them to pat
ronize the eastern Nebraska herds.
The men along with the excursion
have emphasized the fact that there
ha3 never been a better time .o replen
ish and start registered herds thi.n
right now. The trip has been prrduc-
tive of some good business for those
who made it, and has resulted in cre
ating interest in pure bred stock, es
pecially the breed owned by the
boosters.
The boosters, six automobiles full of
them, were met by Robert Graham,
president cf the Nebraska live stock
growers' association. There were no
herds inspected in cox Butte county.
The boosters after lunch spent the af
ternoon in resting up ajnd getting ac-
3uainted. They were entertained at
inner at the Country club at 6 p. m.,
and in the evening held a public meet
ing the district court room. There
was no formal program.
A regrettable feature was that the
meeting was not fully advertised, as
the attendance was fairly slim. Less
than fifteen home ranchers and stock
growers were present. A number of
ranchmen were in the city during the
afternoon, but the rain prevented
holding an open air meeting on the
streets. When this was not done, and
the evening meeting was not adver
tised, only those who had friends
among the breeders knew there was to
be any sort of a session.
1 (Continued on P?ge S)
WAR RISK MEN
IN ALLIANCE
SEH5,6,7
OFFICIALS PLAN TO SETTLE THE
SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.
Squadron Will Visit Eight Nebraska
Towns in Final Clean-up
of Claims.
A flying squadron of war risk bu
reau officials from Washington will
start in Nebraska, August 12 to spend
a month in a "c!ean-up campaign"
in an effort to reach all the remaining
ex-se'.diers of the state entitled to
compensation for disability in service,
according to word reaching the Lincoln
Red Cross and other local officials.
Hearings will be held in Alliance Sep
tember 5, f and 7.
This board is empowered to make
settlements of claims, and those who
haverribt yet filed claims or are dis
satisfied with the awards are. asked
to present themselves before" the
board. Medical examinations will be
provided.
For the purpose of tyie campaign
the state has been divided into eight
districts, with the board convening
in a central town in each district.
The purpose of the campaign is to
fully advise all ex-service persons of
their rights under the War Risk In
surance Act; to assist disabled ex
service persons in securing compensa
tion, medical treatment and hospital
care; to inform and assist all claim
ants regarding the procedure neces
sary in filing a claim for compensa
tion and insurance; to assist those
whose claims are pending in securing
final action where additional evidence
is necessary to connect their disability
with service, or other data required by
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance;
and to provide for immediate physical
examination where necessary and
promptly furnish hospitalization for
urgent cases.
A squad of representatives of the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance will
visit designated places in the state
to meet with the ex-service men and
take up any complaints with them in
dividually. The complaints will be
forwarded to Linco'n and Washing
ton, where special forces are prepared
t handle them. There will be doctors
on the squad who will have authority
to secure examinations of claimants;
authorize their treatment or hospital
ization if necessarq. In these cases,
transportation will be furnished when
it is necessary for the claimant to
travel.
Any one who wishes to take up his
case should report to the nearest city
or town on the date that the clean-up
squad will be there. Those wishing to
file claim should have their claim
Daners completely filled out before ap
pearing to the squad. However, this
is not absoutely essential as the
squad will assist them but it will be
of material help to the squad if as
many as possible will have their claim
papers executed beforehand.
All questions relative to compen
sability may be taken up with this
sauad and they will endeavor to make
adjustments. This . does not mean
that the squad is in a position to make
payments of compensation.
Vocational training matters will also
be taken up by the squadron, whose
personnel has not been announced.
Following are the eight towns in
Nebraska where hearings will be held
and the dates:
Hastings, August 12 and 13.
Grand Island, August 15, 16 and 17.
Lincoln, August 18, 19 and 20.
Fremont, August 22, 23 and 24.
Norfolk, August 25, 20 and 27.
Ainsworth, August 30 and 31.
Alliance, September 5, 6 and 7.
North Platte, September 10.
Red Cross officials say that of
the 55.000 Nebraska soldiers who are
entitled to compensation by reason of
disability which incapacitates them 10
per cent have filed no claims to date.
Bayard Lions Are
Not Satisfied With
Just One Victory
Those Bayard Lions are bears for
punishment, provided fcomeone else
gets it. Only a couple of weeks ago
they accepted a kind invitation to come
over to play baseball with the Alliance
cubs, put a nice free feed underneath
their belts, heard a lot of speeches
telling them what good fellows they
were, and then went right out on the
diamond and walloped the stuffing out
of their hosts. The score of that first
baseball game was 24 to 1.
The Bayard Lions want more base
ball, and have extended their Alliance
victims an invitation to come over any
time and play baseball. It will be pre
sented at the next meeting of the Alli
ance trile, and they may accept it, pro
vided it can be determined whether
the Bavard men really mean it or are
just rubbing it in. The Alliance Lions
say a!! they need to have a first class
baseball team is a good battery. The
Bayard men promi-e an-entertaining
day of it. and will probably have a
chance to play ball.
Mrs. R. E. Knight nnd two children
left last week for Denver where they
will spend a few weeks.
EXPECT POTATO
SHIPMENTS TO
BEGIN SEPT. 15
MARKET NEWS STATION TO BE
RE-ESTABLISHED HERE.
Arprane Yield in Eastern Nebraska
Lower Than at First Estimated
Prices on Increase.
Potato shipments from western Ne
braska are expected to start about
September 15. A market news sta
tion, maintained by the U. S. Bureau
of Markets and Crop Estimates in co
operation with the Nebraska Bureau of
Markets and Marketing will be located
ut Alliance until December 1, and will
issue daily market reports on potatoes,
mailing them free to growers und
other interested persons who make ap
plication for the sarvice, according to
Olin D. Miller, representative of the
federal bureau of markets, who was
sta'ioned in Alliance last year during
the marketing season. He will return
to this city shortly after the first of
September, when the spud crop in the
Kearney district has been largely sold.
The cash market for potatoes reach
ed $2 per 100 pounds at Kearney
Thursday, compared with $l.G5 a week
ago. This steadily rising market, ac
cording to the local representative of
the federal and state marketing bu
reaus who 13 issuing market news re
ports at Kearney, is due to the de
crease in the potato movement for
the country as a whole. During the
last week of July, shipments for all
states averaged 550 cars daily, com
pare! with an aerage of C50 for the
two previous week?. Shipments thus
far in August have been only around
300 cars dai'y. Virginia, which is the
heaviest shipping state (iuring July,
has now dropped down to 25 cars daily,
from an average of 90 cars the liv;t
week in July und more than 300 the
week before. The big movement fol
lowing Virginia's is that from New
Jersey, and while it ran as high as 230
cars several days last week, digging
there is now being retarded by rainy
weather. The crop in the Kaw Valley
of Kansas, central Nebraska's nearest
corr.petftor, is reported as more than
half dug, but digging there, too, has
been held up, due to rain and the low
ms'ket for stock of the quality raised
there this year. The movement from
the Caldwell district in Idaho is be
gining, and that Ftock is generally
bringing a little more than the Ne
braska product in the terminal mar
but the Kearney "growers have the ad
vantage of a freight rate 50c lower
than the rate from Idaho, which al
lows a higher net return.
Chicago and Minneapolis are the im
portant markets receiving Kearney
spuds. Kansas City is being supplied
almost entirely by Kaw Valley, and
homegrowns are supplying the mar
kets of Omaha and St. Louis. Most of
Nebraska potatoes are going to towns
and small cities in Iowa, Illinois, In
diana, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Shipments from Nebraska to August 4
inclusive were 300 cars. All but 5 of
there were shipped from Kearney and
nearby towns. Digging in some of
the later fields has just started and
shipping will not be over before Sep
tember 1. The yie'd is proving to
average nearer 100 bushels to the
acre than 150, as originally estimated,
and it is doubtful if the movement
from thi3 district will reach GOO cars.
Nebraska Spuds Lead.
Nebraska grown potatoes are com
manding as much as a dollar per
bushel more than Kansas and Mis
souri potatoes this year on the Chi
cago market, according to an an
nouncement by the bureau of markets
and crop estimates. The patatoes
are of practically the same kind and
raised under similar conditions, but the
difference in quality is mainly attrib
uted to a new manner of grading now
ued in the commercial potato districts
of Nebraska.
The bureau pointed out the market
of last Tuesday as an example or' the
jrreat difference in potatoes of the
same rating from the three stites.
On that day Kansas potatoes Hld
from $1.35 to $1.40 per 100 pounds and
Missouri grown arie;ies, sorted,
brought $1.75 and $1.85 a hundred. Ne
braska potatoes from the Kearney dis
trict sold not lower than $2.25 and
up io $2.00.
The exceptionally good natural con
ditions under which Nebraska pota
toes are grown is given by The bureau
as on-, reason "or the higher prices,
tut reading is cons'divrd as the first
cai.e. The bureau of markets and
crop estimates maintains a branch at
Kearney during the harvesting te.son
to supervise the grading of potatoes
and make reports. The Chicago mar
set is said to have been quick to recog
nize the superiority of Nebraska spuds
shipped under these conditions.
Most of the fields show potatoes of
good size and quality, but there are
less to the hill than usual this year.
Conditions are pronounced as very
good now, but the early crop was cur
tailed by dry weather. Conservative
estimates place the commercial potato
crop this year at .trout (0 cars with
other reports running a Mils higher.
Mr. end Mrs. A. J. Cole and family
returned Monday nip-ht from a weeks'
vacation trin to the B'ack Hills near
Mystic and Sylvan Lake.
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. KEMMISH)
We are preparing to start lavinsr
i the water main extension. We may be
delayed on part of it until the valves
arrive from Pittshurgn.
Number two well will be back in
commission again tonight. We nave
had plenty of water however, lately
for all purposes. We received a wire
from Mr. Kelly stating that his outfit
ought to be here sometime today so
that we can begin to get action on well
No. f in the near future.
Our police department are contin
ually rounding up the law violators.
It is unfortunate that Rome people
take delight in breaking the laws and
committing crimes. Our persistent
activities are making such pleasures
less attractive.
R. N. Tracy, sanitary engineer of
the bureau of health, spent a day with
us going over our septic farm. He
seemed to be of the opinion that what
we have done and what we are plan
ning on doing out there is all that
can be expected under the circum
stances. The conditions are much bet
ter than he expected to find them.
State Sanitary Engineer
Made an Inspection of
the Alliance Septic Tank
R. N. Tracy of Lincoln, sanitary en
gineer working under the direction of
the state board of health, is in Alli
ance for two or three days making a
sort of sanitary survey of the city.
With City Manager Kemmish, Mr.
Tracy looked over the city's far famed
septic tank, and the city manager ex
plained the steps he is taking to miti
gate the nuisance.
Mr. Tracy stated thaf he had had
considerable experience with septic
tanks, and that it was impossible to
entirely eliminate the odor. He looked
over the plans of Mr. Kemmish, who
is now having built a series of ditches
to carry away ths watr, r.n I : . i i ;,ut
in his opinion, when these ditches are
completed, which will take several
months, the situation will be in as good
shape as possible,
. y i i i.i
Denis'Ryan has been laid up with a
badly infected finger since Friday.
MORE DOPE ON
OIL PROSPECTS
NEAR LAKESIDE
POTASH MAGNATES ARE APPAR
ENTLY QUITE INTERESTED.
Have Recently Acquired Oil and Min
eral Leases on Eight Sections
of School Lands.
Further information concerning the
plans of the syndicate of potash mag-;
nates and others, for prospecting for!
oil in the vicinity of Lakeside, is con
tained in the following- information
from the Garden County News, which
shows that the syndicate is working on
a big scale. Ranchers have been leas
ing lands in the vicinity of the test
well, and the rig is said to be already
on the ground. The News saya;
"The oil and mineral leases for the
school land.s in the north part of the
county, as advertised in the News re
cently, were purchased by J. F. Blum
mer, of Lakeside, representing the
potash interests of that city. It has
been learned that these people only
took advantage of the oil and gas
rights under the terms of the leases
and they are drawn to cover that par
ticular commodity only. The lease in
volves the rights on eight sections and
as thefe is something like three or
four millions invested in the potash
industry and that industry depends
considerably upon the fuel it is
thought that this big combination or
business interests will be behind an
earnest effort to locate oil and gas if
there is anything like that in reason
able depth. Mr. Blummer practically
admitted this fact and it is thought
from his expressions along that line
that the work will be commenced with
out unnecessary delay of putting down
test wells on a part of their holdings
so that they may know at an early
date the true state of conditions.
"There has never been any doubt in
our minds that there is oil in commer
cial quantities in this part of the
state as the land lays directly in line
with the big oil fields of Wyoming and
those in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
and all that is necessary is to make
the proper tests to prove the theory
correct. There ia one commendable
feature to the matter as it now stands
and that is that the enterprise will be
pushed through by people w hose needs
require commercializing of the indus
try if oil or gas is found and it will
not be here like it has been in so many
places where the oil wells have been
capped and left stand without work
ing for an indefinite period. We are
awaiting anxiously for the outcome of
the investigation and our faith is with
the moverient."
O. L. Hedges of Lincoln, 'accompan
ied by a son of State Sheriff Hyers,
were in Alliance yesterday for a few
hours, on their way weat.
ALLIANCE TRIMS ,
BAYARD SUNDAY
-SCORE 12 TO 2
VISITORS OUTCLASSED BY WORK
OF LOCAL TEAM.
Big Crowd Attended Benefit Bascbatt
Doubleheader T. P. A. Defeats
Creamery Team, 10 to T.
The fans turned out in fine shape for
the baseball benefit doubleheader play
ed at the fair grounds Sunday after
noon. The game was called 'at 2:301
and ax a preliminary and special at
traction, the T. P. A.'b battled with th
Alliance Creamery nine, defeating
them, after a game filled with interest
ing events, to the tune of 10 to 7.
The T. F. A. gang played consistent
baseball, winning a score or more in
every inning. During the second,
round, the Creamery boys got a fear
ful rush on them and crammed over
five scores, every fan thinking th
traveling men had blown up for fair.
However, tight baseball and consistent
playing put them to the point wher
they were within sight of victory, and
in a last inning rally they took th
measure of their opponents and jot
five scores of their own.
The T. P. A.'s had to change batter
ies, after Lloyd Johnson lost his wind
in chasing around the diamond for
what looked to be a home run, only
being caught out right near the horn
plate. Billy Hamilton, as catcher, lost
his pep after two or three innings and
Bob Morgan, an old time profesh, re
lieved him. Harris took Johnson'
place on the mound.
In the regular ball game for th
afternoon, the Bayard team wm plain
ly outclassed, and came in for the.
second defeat of the season at the
hands of A'liance. The Btyard boy
would have had nn unbroken -tring of
victories so far this reason hp.d they
laid off of Alliance, but there's some-
thing about the local team that is
poison to them. They put un a game
fight, but lost, the score reading 12 to
2.
Bayard was handicapped early In the.
game by an accident to their pitcher
Baldwin, who grabbed off a hot on
lined out by McNulty and put a finger
of his pitching hand on the blink.
The Alliance boys played baseball all
the time. All of them improved their
batting averages. Ray Butler knocked
out three long hits in his first thre
times at bat. Brew threw several hot
ones to first base for some outs when
the most the fans could do was to
hone.
The record:
T. P. A. Creamery.
v reamery r po
Stacker, ss. .2
2
1
0
2
1
a
2
1
1
Salisbury, 2b 1
Wright, 3b 2
Morgan, lb 0
Strong cf
0
Davidson, If
Spencer rf,
Joder, c
Todd, p
0
0
1
il
Total 7 IS
T. P. A. r po
Schaffer, 3b 2 O
Hamilton, c 0 3
Burlington, rf 0 2
Jrhnson, p , 0 3
Morgan, lb 2 1
Kerr, cf 1 2
Harris, b 2 1
Burr, If 2 1
O'Connor, ss 1 2
Total
Score by innings:
T. P. A 1 1 1 2
Creamery 0 5 0 2
10 IS
510
0 7
Bayard vs. Alliance.
Alliance ab r h po
Butler, cf 5 3 3 1
Griffis, lb 3 2 2 9
Jones, ss 4 12 1
a
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
6
0
I
0
0
0
0
1
0
a
'Black, If 4 0 10
Nation, rf 5 10 1
Brew, Sb 4 0 0 0
Edwards, 2b 4 12 0
McNulty, c 4 1 1 15
McKinney, p 3 3 2 0
Total - - 12 13 27 7 2 36
Bayard ab r h po a 6
Selisbv, rf 4 0 0 1 0 0
Baldwin, p-lb 3 0 0 6 0 0
Randall, c 3 1 0 7 4 0
Leach, lb-p 3 0 0 3 3 0
Klempke, 3b 4 0 1110
Noe, ss 4 112 0 2
Benson, cf 4 0 1 2 0 0
Abegg, 2b 4 0 114 2
Sader, If 3 0 1 0 0 01
Total - - 32 2 5 23 12 4
Score by innings:
Bayard 000 001 001 2
Alliance 007 203 OOx 12
Summary: Two base hits, McKin
ney; Three bas hits, Butuer 3; Home,
run, Noe; Sacrifice hits, Randall,
Jones, Back; Stolen base3, Griffia 2,
Klempke 2; Bases cn balls by Mc
Kinney 1, by Keach 1; Struck out by
McKinney 15, Baldwin 1, Leach 6j
Time of game, 1:55; Umpire, Harling;
Attendance, 350.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Beasey, FrU
day August 5, a boy. .